1998 Tobacco Settlement, 9, 18, 49–50, 54–59, 61–63, 66–71, 75–76, 92–94, 113, 126, 156, 159–160, 169

Global Tobacco Settlement, 43

1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 66

9/11 Commission Report, 98–99, 116

Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce (ACEC), 78, 80, 83–84

Afghanistan, 100

Akaka, Daniel, 105

Alexander, Lamar, 91

Allen, Thomas, 105

American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA), 30, 100–103, 106, 113, 136, 157, 165

American Civil Liberties Union, 104

Baker, Thurbert, 54

Balz, Dan, 62

Baucus, Max, 123, 179–180

Bayh, Evan, 63

Beebe, Mike, 105

Benson, Craig, 91

brick and mortar, 74, 82

British Columbia, 8

Broder, David, 22, 62

Bulletins Frontrunner, The, 77

Bush, George W., 71, 99, 101, 105, 110

Bush administration, 100, 113–114, 165, 169, 171

Byrne Grant Program, 122

California, 7–8, 88

Carper, Thomas, 57, 64, 71

Carter, Jimmy, 72

Cellucci, Paul, 81–82, 90, 93

Clinton, Bill (President Clinton), 7, 50, 52, 54, 57, 59, 66, 68–69, 72

Clinton administration, 50–51, 56, 58–59, 64, 68

Collins, Susan (Senator Collins), 105

Colorado, 88

Community Services Block Grant, 123

Conrad, Kent, 90

Council of State Governments, 136

Dean, Howard, 22

Delaware, 57, 64, 71, 88

Democrats, 52, 99

Department of Homeland Security (DHS), 98–99, 102–103, 105–109, 112, 116, 169–171